Historical Marker
Project Carryall
Historical marker location:
68315 National Trails Highway, Ludlow, California
( Marker is at the intersection of National Trails Highway and Crucero Road, on the right when traveling east on National Trails Highway.)
Marker installed: 2010
The Transcontinental Railroad was completed in Promontory Summit, Utah in 1869, but the western terminus of the railroad was actually in Oakland, California. The railroad made it easier and faster to travel across the country, and helped to spur California's economic growth.